Author : Adomnan of Iona
Release : 1995-02-23
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Life of St Columba - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Life of St Columba write by Adomnan of Iona. This book was released on 1995-02-23. Life of St Columba available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Founding father of the famous monastery on the island of Iona, a site of pilgrimage ever since his death in 597, St Columba was born into one of the ruling families in Ireland at a time of immense expansion for the Irish Church. This account of his life, written by Adomnán - the ninth abbot of Iona, and a distant relative of St Columba - describes his travels from Ireland to Scotland and his mission in the cause of Celtic Christianity there. Written 100 years after St Columba's death, it draws on written and oral traditions to depict a wise abbot among his monks, who like Christ was capable of turning water into wine, controlling sea-storms and raising the dead. An engaging account of one of the central figures in the 'Age of Saints', this is a major work of early Irish and Scottish history.